作者BIASONICA (my desired happiness)
看板Hornets
標題[TimesPicayune] Shinn sets his sights on WNBA's Cooper, Fratell
時間Tue May 25 18:45:51 2004
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Shinn sets his sights on WNBA's Cooper, Fratello
Monday, May 24, 2004
By John Reid and Jimmy Smith par Staff writers
Hornets officials declined to say whether majority owner
George Shinn interviewed Michael Cooper in Los Angeles on
Sunday for the team's vacant head coaching job.
"I can't comment about that," said Bob Bass, the Hornets'
retiring executive vice president of basketball
operations/general manager.
League sources indicated Saturday that Shinn had received
permission to interview Cooper, a former Los Angeles Lakers
player in his fifth season coaching the Los Angeles Sparks
of the WNBA, and would talk to him Sunday or today. Neither
Cooper nor any officials from the Sparks could be reached
for comment.
Cooper has never been an NBA head coach, but he was an
assistant with the Los Angeles Lakers from 1994-97. He has
guided the Sparks to two WNBA championships and has a 105-26
record.
Shinn also is expected to interview former Atlanta Hawks and
Cleveland Cavaliers coach Mike Fratello this week in Los
Angeles. Fratello is an analyst for TNT and the network is
televising the Western Conference finals, which resume in Los
Angeles on Tuesday night.
It appears Byron Scott still remains one of the top candidates,
despite Shinn's interviewing of other candidates.
Last week Shinn said he told Scott that the Hornets had a couple
of other people they were planning to interview, but they wanted
to make a decision quickly.
Besides Cooper and Fratello, there is a chance that Shinn could
interview New Jersey Nets assistant Brian Hill later this week.
The Hornets have received permission from the Nets to speak to
Hill, who was a finalist for the job last season and is a former
Hornets assistant coach.
The Hornets have been searching for a head coach since firing Tim
Floyd on May 7.
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John Reid can be reached at
[email protected] or (504) 826-3405.
Jimmy Smith can be reached at
[email protected] or (504) 826-3814.
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